Excerpt from Froissart in Britain The portraits are more finished works: much time goes to the making of some of them, and in the end we feel that we Should recognise the origi nals at first sight, if we Could meet with them, and even their voices would sound familiar in our ears. What a breathing likeness is that of the old warrior Thomas of Gloucester: the vehemence and flush of life itself is there, caught as he is pouring out his rebellious indignation with little care for the dan gers or the decency of courts: I swear by God if Imay live two year in good health the war shall be renewed: and then he turns and rends his un martial and luxurious nephew, King Richard, his eyes be too heavy, he careth for nothing but for meat and drink, and rest, and dallying with ladies and damosels: this is no life for men of war, that will deserve to have honour. Again and again in this tremendous harangue we all but hear the deep. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.